Posted on 02/20/2019 4:51:46 PM PST by BadLands59
about attack in Streeterville Jussie Smollett Jussie Smollett participates in an "Empire" panel during the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 8, 2017. (Willy Sanjuan/AP) Jeremy Gorner, Megan Crepeau, William Lee, Tracy SwartzChicago Tribune
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report about an attack he said occurred as he walked to his apartment building in Streeterville last month.
The charge, a felony, was announced by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office Wednesday evening, hours after police called Smollett “a suspect in a criminal investigation … for filing a false police report.”
Earlier in the day, attorneys for Smollett, 36, met with prosecutors and detectives but it was unclear if the actor was present, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. The lawyers, Todd Pugh and Victor P. Henderson, could not be reached for comment. They have been joined by high-profile, Los Angeles-based lawyer Mark Geragos who has represented numerous celebrities, including pop star Michael Jackson, R&B singer Chris Brown and actress Winona Ryder.
On Tuesday, two brothers who had been under arrest in the case appeared at the criminal courthouse, also to talk to prosecutors and detectives, authorities said. They and their attorney, Gloria Schmidt, were seen near the grand jury rooms Tuesday afternoon, but police said they did not appear before a grand jury.
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I’m not so sure he’s gonna skate. Apparently the perp and his lawyers were offered a deal earlier today and refused to take it. I suspect the PTB in Chicago were not amused.
I've read elsewhere that Empire has written him out of the show, and that scenes from unseen episodes with Smollett will be re-shot.
Can they add additional charges?
As predicted Obama’s Ballet Dancer buddy..AKA the Mayor pulled strings
Funny
Everyone on the left has somehow not heard the part about him claiming it was two white guys and calling me a liar...
Demented
“I’m trolling you? I saw a stupid comment and asked about it, but instead of answering, you decided to attack me!”
You didn’t ask me about the comment. You went off on a tangent. I posted NOTHING about his chances of being sentenced to jail. You just made that up.
I didn’t attack you, I asked you politely to not make statements about my beliefs when I have posted nothing about those beliefs.
Funny
What they dont seem to understand is the race riot that getting ready to erupt....
I just went and looked it up, he got 30 months in fed prison after pleading guilty and offering to help federal prosecutors. I think that you might be right. Let him know he’s looking at serious time and get him to roll over on some big fish. The case I was summoned for was back in 2003 and I heard the evidence and sat in the jury pool but wasn’t selected, so I followed it in the papers. He stood up in the middle of the trial and started crying, saying he was guilty and doing what his superiors told him to do. Good times... Sentence went from 50 years down to 30 months.
And littering. The group W bench all moved away...
In little more than three weeks, 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett goes from victim to accused liar
I would think things are rather fluid right now. I don’t see any reason why they couldn’t.
Once you file charges, you aren’t limited to them by the law.
If you can come up with other charges that apply, you could certainly file more charges this early on.
If it were a week before hearings started, the judge would probably look negatively upon the tactic.
I’m just expressing my observations and logic trail here though. I am not an attorney or involved in a position where I would know the law well.
Well, unfortunately for Smollett, the cops have pics with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one to be used against him.
A+
That’s what we do on Tuesday nights. We walk around at 2 AM in freezing weather looking for a gay actor to tie a rope around his neck and then throw bleach on him. I mean, come on, what are we supposed to do sleep?
FELONY Disorderly Conduct.
Rookie mistake. Shake it off.
Wonder if he’ll plea down to a misdemeanor?
Felony conviction means he will lose his opportunity to vote out Trump.
Hahahahaha!
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